I didnt hear anything from CES, and with the LG Marquee going to Boost (which I was hoping was going to be the one coming to VM) , was left wondering if VM will have any new phones this quarter.
I have see photos, of a couple of the ZTE phones ("Venture" and "Chaser"), that may be headed there, but was wondering if anyone had heard (rumor's, ect.) of any new phones coming to Virgin Mobile this quarter.
I have had the Optimus V (great phone) since Jan. 2011, and want to upgrade.
I'm really hoping that the LG Optimus Black is going to be hitting the site soon! They already have the OB in Australia so it's not like it would be anything new to Virgin, just they need to create the US version of the phone.
I saw the Marquee (LG Optimus Black) on Boosts site as well and with ntelos, Sprint, and US Celluar but all given different names.
I'm really pinning on this phone but haven't seen any new rumors about it going to Virgin or any new phones going to Virgin for that matter. I'm not willing to give up my 25$ plan but I'm not willing to chance the Triumph, if it comes down to it I guess I'd get the triumph by march if nothing comes up but that's all I'm willing to do.
I'm also on the $25 plan and do not want to give it up, but my desire for a "better" phone, and seeing all the new phones coming to Boost is proving to be difficult to subdue.
I also am going to wait until the end of February/first on March to see if any new phone make it to VM,
and make my decision then.
Here's something to try. (Phones there, Galaxy S II, Iphone 4S and many others)
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You would have to buy the phone at full value i.e. (30 day plan so $600 for the GS II) but there is a 30 day return policy so there's no risk in trying this, other then time wasted.
So this is what you can try. Pretend you are a existing customer in Canada and that you just moved to the US or are moving in the next week or so, you would like to keep your phone and service with Virgin but you know the plans are different in the US and if there was anyway to work something out. (If you have a friend that lives there this whole thing will be a lot easier)
I don't think they would have a issue with it since they obviously are on the sprint network which carries all those phones down here so the towers or service wont be a issue and the phones from there will be loaded Virgin Mobile software already (The only reason they won't let you bring your awesome phone from your last provider besides they want you to buy a phone) and you "already bought a expensive phone from them" so I think if you play it like you may just say screw it, unlock your phone and switch providers they may let you have w.e. phone you want on their US prepaid plans.
As a added bonus that will help your case they are starting their throttling data cap soon(2.5 gigs a month before it goes to 256K or 512k data rate) so big data hogs like those shouldn't be a issue. I hope this helps! This plan also means wayyyy more money in the bank for Virgin and some very happy customers! It's a win, win.
Waitwaitwait, aren't VM Canada and USA completely different?
Canada uses GSM, while it's CDMA here in the States.
The phones would be completely incompatible...
But yeah, I'm interested in new phones, too. Besides the rumored One V, I'd like to have another option...
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